so gave is thought to have been the men in charge . prime minister maurice johnson demanded the suspect be handed over. they should recognize that our sense that justice must be done is not abated and don't sturgess an innocent member of the british public died in that event. and we want to see as a suspect candidate. but it is the 1st time that british police and prosecuting authorities have linked the crime and all 3 suspects to the g r. u. confirming the findings of independent investigations, the tree are alleged to have worked together before in bulgaria and the czech republic. so this was the 1st time they've been active in the u. k. however, it is not the 1st time that russia stands accused of going after its enemies on u. k. soil in london, in 2006 outspoken kremlin critic alexander lithonian co, died in agony after being poisoned, using a rare radioactive isotope called polonium 210 slips into his teeth in a smart london hotel, allegedly by 2 russian agents. a judgment by the european court of human rights was found that the russian state was to blame for what it described as a

raise it with the raise the particular cases directly with, with my right, honorable friends. maurice johnson went on to defend the afghan, polite as a success, but that only riled up the opposition parties with some branding hem, quote, to incapable of international leadership. the crystallizes, this is not so much a defeat is a capitulation. those appointments to accept any responsibility, any personal responsibility for the message be left an upcoming time we have before us the prime minister desperately trying to cover for a foreign secretary who should have been 5 weeks ago. his consistency failed to take measures required to make that a reality for veterans and communities like mine, a national disgrace. as far as those could, things can you can come and fall short of any type of planning for the post occupation phase in afghanistan. and the government doesn't have a plan to get everybody out. cobbler port remains close to international flights. safe passage has not been created to africans, neighbors, and whatever the prime minister says today, there is no international agreement on th

treaty obligations, so i mean on the face of it and nothing in here and certainly that's what maurice johnson joe biden, the little girl morrison say is this has nothing to do with the n p t. yeah, well that's one of condition opposition has put on this deal with relists to make sure that it comply would be. but there are many commentators that up already and or off and that is how regional will be interested. well, and when there is great k, the amount of material high around in the world, increasing the number of how this is not in the re, for what is my security risk in the port construction where it would be built to be harvested. it's also increasing the risk that the baby in the event of a nuclear or conventional target are and what that would may make is offices and radiological contamination or recovery. they take, they work for it. yeah. so from the threat of terror attacks you, you think that adelaide may be a big target? well, i like to be, i see where the summary would be constructed. and then my question that any, any thought i would the common topic for conventional attack. and

this sort of thing is what maurice johnson wanted. it isn't just about defense and actually standing up to china of some right wing as of saying within his government, it's about promoting trade deals. indo china in that region. it's seen by this government as a geo political center of the world. and it is a tilt of foreign policy. britain sees, but it can do now is outside of europe and post bricks it deal wise. yes, they believe that security and that part of the world is going to involve more tre deals for britain. andrew simmons lie for us in london. thanks, andrew. let's bring in, i soon ho, he's the director of global and strategic advisory and also an advisor at the pacific research center in malaysia. he joins us now from qual, i'm for. thanks so much for being with us. so we've talked a little bit earlier there about the, the fact that certain nations feel slighted by this deal, that they weren't consulted. namely, france, we just heard there and you zealand, let's talk a little bit more about new zealand. and where they stan